Dams running at constant pace to relieve NE AL lakes

The Tennessee Valley Authority is seeing some
of the highest water levels of all time. One dam in Tennessee has set two
records so far this year.

TVA officials said that during the summer,
all of their lakes are already at their highest levels, and our recent heavy
rainfall has only added more into an already full body of water.

At Guntersville Dam, nearly a million gallons
per second are flowing through its gates and through its turbines, while
producing electricity. The good news is that water levels have begun their
decline since cresting in the last couple of days.

TVA spokesman Travis Brickey said they began
preparing last week by spilling water at all the dams in the system in advance
of the coming rains. He said cresting is now taking place downstream at
Pickwick Dam.

Brickey reminds boaters to stay away from the
dams as they continue spilling, due to the extreme dangers they present, until
water levels are normalized.